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Nick Ritchie

#27 · Left wing · Calgary Flames

Born Dec 5, 1995 in Orangeville, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 236 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 10th overall in 2014 by ANA (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joel Farabee PHI · 21 P in 52 GP Andreas Johnsson TOR · 21 P in 43 GP Mikko Koivu MIN · 21 P in 55 GP Corey Perry DAL · 21 P in 57 GP Jack Hughes NJD · 21 P in 61 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020302015-16: 4 points415-162016-17: 28 points2816-172017-18: 27 points2717-182018-19: 31 points3118-192019-20: 21 points2119-202020-21: 26 points2620-212021-22: 23 points2321-222022-23: 26 points2622-23

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 ANA 33 2 2 4 -2 37 55 93 0.12 $894K
2016-17 ANA 77 14 14 28 4 62 149 247 0.36 $894K
2017-18 ANA 76 10 17 27 3 72 122 221 0.36 $894K
2018-19 ANA 60 9 22 31 6 82 96 123 0.52 $1.499M
2019-20 ANA 41 8 11 19 3 78 70 79 0.46 $1.499M
2019-20 BOS 7 1 1 2 -2 19 8 23 0.29
2020-21 BOS 56 15 11 26 -7 37 121 102 0.46 $1.499M
2021-22 TOR 33 2 7 9 -6 23 52 79 0.27 $2.5M
2021-22 ARI 24 10 4 14 -7 20 41 74 0.58
2022-23 ARI 58 9 12 21 -15 43 87 171 0.36 $2.5M
2022-23 CGY 16 4 1 5 -6 10 33 47 0.31
8 seasons Career 481 84 102 186 -29 483 834 1259 0.39

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 ANA 15 4 0 4 -1 46 27 52 0.27
2017-18 ANA 4 0 0 0 -2 8 3 9 0.00
2019-20 BOS 6 1 0 1 -3 16 5 23 0.17
2020-21 BOS 11 1 3 4 0 10 17 32 0.36
4 seasons Playoffs 36 6 3 9 -6 80 52 116 0.25

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 9 12 21 1 97 78 102 0.44 11.5 14:09

Contract

$1.499MCap hitends in 2021, then RFA
$71KCap dollars per point21 points in 48 games
$249KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.2MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2020-21, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $1.499M
2020-21 $1.499M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2022-23 $2.5M
2021-22 to 2021-22 $2.5M
2020-21 to 2020-21 $1.499M
2018-19 to 2020-21 $1.499M
2015-16 to 2017-18 $894K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2019-20 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2019-20 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence+0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.7

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-4-20242015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

48.9Corsi for %64 attempts for, 67 against
-0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.5Expected goals for %2.1 expected for, 2.4 against
+1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %3 for, 6 against
90.3PDO9.1% shooting + 81.3% saves
9Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Charlie Coyle · Nick Ritchie · Anders Bjork325:4554.259.52-3
Charlie Coyle · Nick Ritchie · Karson Kuhlman216:2039.312.90-0
Charlie Coyle · Chris Wagner · Nick Ritchie312:5247.834.60-2
Charlie Coyle · Nick Ritchie · David Pastrnak53:5466.7100.01-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.49 expected goals per 60 minutes21st
Shot quality 8.4% chance per attempt56th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected68thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 106 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.6

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 10, 2020 @ PHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:00
Mar 7, 2020 vs TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 10 2 2 11:31
Mar 5, 2020 @ FLA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 11:55
Mar 3, 2020 @ TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 15:20
Feb 29, 2020 @ NYI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 11:01
Feb 27, 2020 vs DAL W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 12:59
Feb 25, 2020 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 7 14:17
Feb 23, 2020 vs VGK L 5-6 (OT) 2 2 4 4 0 3 1 14:13
Feb 21, 2020 vs COL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 17:54
Feb 19, 2020 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 15:50
Feb 17, 2020 @ CGY L 4-6 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 17:15
Feb 16, 2020 @ VAN W 5-1 0 1 1 1 10 0 2 12:56
Feb 13, 2020 vs CGY L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 18:34
Feb 9, 2020 @ BUF W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 12:40
Feb 7, 2020 @ TOR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 16:04
Feb 6, 2020 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 15:20
Feb 4, 2020 @ OTT W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:39
Feb 1, 2020 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 13:15
Jan 31, 2020 vs TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:36
Jan 29, 2020 vs ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 12:34
Jan 27, 2020 @ SJS L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 17:53
Dec 6, 2019 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:04
Dec 2, 2019 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:37
Nov 29, 2019 vs WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 14:41
Nov 27, 2019 @ ARI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 14:10
Nov 25, 2019 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 15:44
Nov 23, 2019 @ TBL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 14 3 2 15:13
Nov 21, 2019 @ FLA L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 13:50
Nov 18, 2019 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 10 2 1 11:01
Nov 16, 2019 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:34
Nov 14, 2019 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:14
Nov 12, 2019 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 15:17
Nov 10, 2019 vs EDM L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:00
Nov 5, 2019 vs MIN L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 17:08
Nov 3, 2019 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 14:04
Nov 1, 2019 vs VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:18
Oct 29, 2019 vs WPG W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:22
Oct 27, 2019 @ VGK L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:04
Oct 26, 2019 @ COL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 15:40
Oct 24, 2019 @ DAL L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 18:23
Oct 22, 2019 @ NSH L 1-6 0 0 0 0 12 5 2 15:42
Oct 20, 2019 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 13:49
Oct 16, 2019 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 4 1 2 08:19
Oct 14, 2019 @ BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 13:52
Oct 11, 2019 @ CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 13:29
Oct 10, 2019 @ PIT L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 15:42
Oct 8, 2019 @ DET W 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 12:09
Oct 3, 2019 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:54